An arranged marriage between two people with no intention of liking each other opens the first book in Ana Huang's Kings of Sin series.
The King of Wrath pairs a controlling, business-minded hero with a heroine who refuses to be managed, then keeps them in close quarters long enough for hostility to turn into something neither of them planned. Huang writes contemporary romance in a high-heat register, with a clear enemies-to-lovers arc and the wealth-and-power backdrop her readers expect. Tension is built through conflict and negotiation rather than misunderstanding, and the series structure leaves room for later couples.
How it reads:
• Book one of the Kings of Sin contemporary romance series
• Arranged-marriage and enemies-to-lovers tropes handled at high heat
• A heroine with her own agenda opposite a demanding hero
• A self-contained romance arc inside a wider connected series
Aimed at adult romance readers who follow trope-driven series fiction. Published by Little Brown and available at Boipoka.